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ELECTION

CAMPAIGN‘ Spfiixfims' By Richard ber and Marsha Gaudet

Now that the Student Union elections are over and the new Executive has been chosen,these mo re- porters thought it might be of some interest to some people to go back a few nights and review the campaign promises the can- didates made. What will the new Executive have to live up to? What wouldwe have faced had a different Executive been voted in?

As was demonstrated in anday night's campaign speeches this year's elec- tions dealt with very low key topics.'1here were only three Executive positions contested; Dave Connaughton and John Neville received there positions of Vice - President and Treasurer, respectively, by acclamation. This was also true for the Arts representatives: Susan Boyd,Li_nda Dunning,Ivan MacArthur,Heather Ronalds, & Alan Smith; and the Education representative, Betty MacDonald.

The four candidates for position of Senator: Jerry Stewart,Jim MacDonaldJames Richard, and Emanuel Armbi had little chance to express their platforms.Neither were Science reps. : Robert Coles,Darlene MacNevin,and Iaurie Tierney given the chance to voice their views. Perhaps these candidates had little to say,anyway,as out of the 7 running only Emmanuel Amobi,JaIres Richard, and Laurie Tierney bothered to show up for introduc- tions.

, Maurice Rodgerson,the assistant Electoral Officer, chaired the meeting under the auspices of Chief Elec- toral Officer,Sue Hornby. John Neville opened the speeches. In his state-

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ment he was quick to point out that-he never takes a ; negative position when ' looking at things.His return to office of Treasurer by < acclamation was,he felt, a- vote of confidence from ‘

RAY SHALALA , the students that he'll do the job next year as well

as,last year. Neville congatulated this

year's Council and comm- ittees for doing an ex- cellent job.

The first candidates to speak for a contested‘ position were those running for Communications Officer. Dave"Soupy"Campbell said that the main reasons he Was running were: that he

wanted to get more involved

in student affairs and that" he has the necessary qual- ‘ ities. (for leadership) If . elected for Communications Officer,he promised to ‘ ' improve relations between the students and their Union, the students and the external cammmnity,and the students and the faculty. Maria Driscoll main- tained that the position . is an important one and that it should be filled by some— one with experience in the media and an Oouncil.She

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said that her experience as a regular SUN staff member and as Freshmn Class Pres: ident would enable her to

do a good job and to quick- ly complete,with little ‘

problem, next year's stu-

dent directory. Derek MacEwen said that the main function of the

‘ Communications Officer is

that of providing a liascn between the SUN & CINN and the Student Council.With his experience,he said, in radios stations and in pub-_ lic relations he felt he could expand the position into that of a Public Rel- ations Officer to distribute information to the campus and to other Island media. All three candidates supported the purchase of the Broadcast News system. Mike Kennedy and Mati Kolga were running for

GORDIE MacALPINE Comptroller positicn.Kennedy stressed that although he enjoyed his year as Comp.

.in 77—78, he realized that

he made a number of mistakes. He hoped to getre-elected', and hoped that he could

help maintain the upward swing in the popularity of Barn activities that began

‘ in 76—77.

Mati Kolga outlined his

' background in bartending

and intramural work. He felt the responsibility of the Comptroller should be to take a more professional approach to the handling ‘ of assets and to offer pos- ., itive input into the Carn- ival. \ ; The UK) candidates diff fered in their approach to " renovations to the Barn. Kennedy felt that large scale renovations are cut of the question as the bu-.

ilding is not going to last

for very long. He felt that a new S.U. building was the only thing to aim

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for. Kolga maintained

that with the S.U. debt of $22,000 a new building is out of the question. A new sports complex, he said, and its location an cam- pus will be considered first. He said a realistic aim might be to clear 2nd floor in the Barn so that dances could be held in

the Barn instead of in the 91m- ' On the question of hir— ings and firings of CP's

and bartenders, Kennedy stated that the Student Council would hire Mickey Ivbuse m the advice of the Personnel Board. Kolga

said that the Comptroller could best maintain a

quality Barn staff if he

were to attend the Per- sonnel Board meetings.

'Ihe final candidates to speak were those vying for the office of President of the Student Council, Kevin Gauthier and Alan Hilton. Gauthier promised that his prime objective would beto be a conscientious represen- tative of the students to the Council and to the Un- iversity Administration.

,He would give his undivi-

ded attention in settling the IandlordTenant Act,

a project of his year as Vice President. He

says that if the Student Union is reasonable and forceful in its requests

to the University, it can be very effective .in ob- taining the Students' wants Gauthier said that the Student

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Union must strengthen . its position with AFS or drop out and create a lob- bying voice of its own. Kevin said it will be very importan' t for the Student Union President to develop a down to earth relation- ship with the new Presi—

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